ONE FC 13 results: Oishi flattens Banario to retain belt

ONE FC featherweight champion Koji Oishi (25-9-10) earned the belt with a May knockout of Honorio Banario (8-3). In the rematch, he left little doubt he’s a deserving title holder.

The featherweight title fight served as the headliner of Fridays’ “ONE FC 13: Moment of Truth” event, which took place at Mall Of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines and aired streamed via online pay-per-view.

The two started very patiently, neither willing to overcommit in the opening round. The tepid pace earned both fighters a warning in the second before Oishi finally landed with short countershots that wobbled Banario and foreshadowed what was to come.

In the third, Oishi turned up the pace a bit, and as the engagements increased in frequency, so, too, did his power. A right hand staggered Banario, and a second sent him out cold to the floor. Oishi followed with more punches before the bout could be waved off at the 1:43 mark of the round.

Belingon delivers highlight-reel finish, Folayang grinds out Latoel

In the night’s co-feature, bantamweight Kevin Belingon (12-3) delivered a crushing knockout of a previously undefeated David Aranda (9-1).

The pair engaged quickly, with both willing to stand and trade. An early Belingon spinning kick impressed the crowd, but what he would do shortly after would bring them to a fever pitch.

With Aranda moving forward, Belingon stood his ground and answered in the pocket. A left hand to the ear sent Aranda crashing to the floor, where he face-planted into the canvas at the 2:53 mark of the first round.

In a lightweight matchup, Filipino Eduard Folayang (13-4) thrilled a supportive crowd with a hard-fought decision win over a gritty Vincent Latoel (14-14-2).

In the first, it was Folayang who drove the action to the floor, controlling the action throughout the frame. In the second, it was Latoel who looked for an ill-advised guillotine choke that brought the pair to the floor. Folayang patiently worked his head free and then rattled off a barrage of short punches before just missing on an arm-triangle choke. To his credit, Latoel did briefly escape back to the feet, but Folayang immediately dropped him back to the floor.

To his credit, Latoel showed signs of life in the third, but Folayang eventually pushed him back to the floor and closed out a decision win.

Colossa picks up emotionally charged win

One day after the passing of South African revolutionary Nelson Mandela, his countryman Vuyisile Colossa (7-4) paid homage on his way to the cage before earning a decision win over UFC and Strikeforce veteran Caros Fodor (8-4).

Fodor pressed forward at the opening bell, pumping a jab and eventually pressing into a clinch. Colossa eventually worked free and returned to the center, where he looked to strike. Moving well on the feet, Colossa chopped at his opponent’s legs, but Fodor continued to press forward and was happy to trade strikes to get there.

Fodor continued to press in the second, briefly bringing the fight to the floor but unable to keep it there. On the feet, he seemed to slow just a bit, and Colossa took advantage of that change in speed with crisp counters from all angles.

With Fodor nursing an apparently broken left hand, Colossa was able to take control of the momentum with a barrage of strikes, including short elbows on the inside. Fodor had a brief threatening moment, as he latched on to a guillotine and fell to his back, but Colossa popped his head free and cruised to a decision win, which he dedicated to Mandela.

After a back-and-forth opening round, a missed Toquero takedown early in the second saw Eustaquio fall directly into mount, where he looked to capitalize with punches. Toquero bucked and rolled to escape, which he finally did, but the effort took its toll, and Eustaquio seemed to gain hold of the momentum.

Toquero flashed an impressive chin in the final round, but it only due to Eustaquio’s impressive striking display. A quick jab and a few crisp rights saw him take control of the action, and he was ultimately awarded a decision win.

In a bantamweight matchup, Korean Dae Hwan Kim (9-0-1) remained undefeated with a thrilling victory over a scrappy Thanh Vu (3-3).

Kim took control of the matchup early, rattling off punches and elbows that wobbled his opponent. However, Vu battled through the storm, collecting himself and even landing an uppercut that floored Kim late in the round.

Vu took the fight immediately to the floor in the second and began looking for the rear-naked choke. However, Kim survived the effort, moved back to the feet and again went to work with effective striking. A wounded Vu fell to the canvas, and Kim jumped to his back and locked in a fight-ending rear-naked choke with 50 seconds left in the round.

In the night’s first contest, heavyweight Paul Cheng (4-1) survived an early onslaught from a powerful Alain Ngalani (1-1) and battled back for a submission-by-strikes victory over an obviously exhausted opponent, who tapped out with six seconds left in the first round.